§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy towards the tapping of telephones of hon. Members. [80518]
§ Mr. BlunkettAs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister (Mr. Blair) informed the House on 19 December 2001,Official Report, column 367W, Government policy remains as stated in 1966 by the then Prime Minister, the Lord Wilson of Rievaulx. In answer to questions on 17 November 1966, Lord Wilson said that he had given instructions that there was to be no tapping of the telephones of Members of the house of
Persons aged 10 to 20 convicted of all offences at both magistrates' courts and the Crown Court in April 1997 and April 2000, those sentenced to immediate custody and average sentence length, England and Wales and North Yorkshire England and Wales North Yorkshire England and Wales North Yorkshire England and Wales North Yorkshire April 1997 19,997 268 1,877 19 11.3 7.4 April 2000 18,530 219 1,866 20 9.6 5.4 The average sentence served is available for young offenders (aged under 21) discharged from prison. Table 3.13 in Prison Statistics England and Wales 2000 provides statistics on the average time served for young offenders discharged during 2000 from determinate sentences on completion of sentence or on licence. Equivalent information for those discharged in 1997 is given in Table 3.13 of Prison Statistics England and Wales 1997. Copies of these publications are in the Library.
Figures for North Yorkshire are contained in the table.